Stephan Lee

Oct 3, 2024 | netflix.com | Stephan Lee

This article contains major character or plot details. If you expected Penelope to be a soothing, meditative, thoughtful jaunt into the wilderness, the independently financed series, created by Mark Duplass and showrunner Mel Eslyn, definitely delivered. Our titular hero (Megan Stott) hugs moss-covered trees, befriends a cute baby bear cub, and falls for a friendly fellow camper.

Sep 26, 2024 | netflix.com | Stephan Lee

It’s only been a week since Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dropped on Netflix in a blaze of early ’90s R&B, but already the online response echoes the media frenzy that the real trial — on which the show is based — caused back in 1989. Co-created by Murphy and Ian Brennan, the series stars Javier Bardem as José Menendez, Chloë Sevigny as Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez, and Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Lyle Menendez.

Sep 17, 2024 | netflix.com | Stephan Lee

With Zack Snyder, you can expect epic battles, lore, and tales of vengeance, so Norse mythology is a match made in Valhalla for the director of Rebel Moon. Twilight of the Gods descends on Netflix Sept. 19, and Tudum has the first look at the opening four minutes as part of Geeked Week, the tentpole event that celebrates genre, anime, and other fan-obsessed corners of Netflix. And as you can see, animation doesn’t take away from the violence and intensity that are Snyder’s signatures.

Aug 22, 2024 | netflix.com | Stephan Lee

In the world of Terminator, the future is never set, yet some things are guaranteed: The Terminator is still a cyborg that feels no remorse, pity, or fear. The anime series TERMINATOR ZERO, landing on Netflix on Aug. 29 — known to fans as Judgment Day — looks different from any incarnation of the Terminator franchise we’ve seen before, but you can tell from these opening six minutes that the brutal, sophisticated action will remain.

Aug 13, 2024 | elle.com.sg | Stephan Lee

In K-pop vernacular, the “Killing Part” is the ultimate slay of a song. It’s different from what we know as a hook, the part of a pop chorus that’s expertly lab-engineered to get lodged in your brain. The Killing Part, on the other hand, is a singular, unpredictable moment, typically in the second half of a video: a lightning-in-a-bottle alchemy of visual and vocal elements that shuts the whole thing down. And, of course, gets replayed millions of times on social media.